Rubio Bérengère, Rigal Natalie
1 Département de psychologie, IFSTTAR, AME-LPC, Versailles, France.
2 Département de psychologie, Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, Nanterre, France.
J Child Health Care. 2017 Dec;21(4):404-414. doi: 10.1177/1367493517725832. Epub 2017 Aug 24.
A qualitative study was conducted to identify how parents describe and attribute their toddler's food pickiness, a common pediatric problem during childhood. Parental strategies to respond to picky behaviors were also explored in this study. Focus groups were used with 38 parents of children aged 18-38 months. Results highlighted several consequences of child pickiness such as parental concerns about child's growth and health, conflicts at mealtime, and feelings of guilt. Parents attributed food pickiness mainly as a manifestation of opposition and assertiveness by their child. Some strategies known to be effective were applied by parents (such as repeated exposure, modeling, co-preparing meals, and using a flavor-based approach) but some strategies that are counterproductive were also highlighted (such as rewards for eating). Parents need to be better informed about food pickiness and the strategies that help to overcome it. Understanding parental beliefs may help pediatricians to offer appropriate guidance adapted to parental experiences and feelings.
开展了一项定性研究，以确定父母如何描述和归因于幼儿的挑食问题，这是儿童期常见的儿科问题。本研究还探讨了父母应对挑食行为的策略。对38名18至38个月大儿童的父母进行了焦点小组访谈。结果突出了儿童挑食的几个后果，如父母对孩子生长和健康的担忧、用餐时的冲突以及内疚感。父母将挑食主要归因于孩子的反抗和固执。父母采用了一些已知有效的策略（如反复接触、示范、共同准备饭菜和采用基于口味的方法），但也突出了一些适得其反的策略（如吃饭奖励）。需要让父母更好地了解挑食问题以及有助于克服挑食的策略。了解父母的观念可能有助于儿科医生提供适合父母经验和感受的适当指导。
